Learning Disability & Autism Awareness Mandatory Training

North East North Cumbria Integrated Care System – Learning Disability & Autism Awareness Mandatory Training

In July 2022 the Health and Care Act 2022 introduced a requirement that CQC registered health and care service providers ensure their workforce receive training on learning disability and autism which is appropriate to the person’s role.    .

The Secretary of State is required to publish a Code of Practice, which will make provisions about the nature of the learning disability and autism training including the content, delivery and ongoing evaluation of the training. The government carried out a public consultation on a draft Code of Practice which closed in October 2023 and we are currently awaiting for the final version to be published.

It is expected, that the Code of Practice will require training to be co-developed and co-delivered with experts with lived experience of learning disability and autism. The Oliver McGowan training is the Government’s preferred and recommended programme.

The North East North Cumbria Integrated Care Board are leading the implementation of The Oliver McGowan Training across the Integrated Care System.

Details of training offers and updates can be found here: Changing culture, hearts, and minds – access to Oliver’s Training is

Please direct all queries to the ICB team at [email protected] 

More information on the national Oliver McGowan work can be found on the NHS England website here.